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Senator Susan Collins of Maine is refusing to hold any public town hall for constituents in the state of Maine, the very state that she was elected to represent. This is not to say that Senator Collins is opposed to town halls. No, Senator Collins

The blatant disregard the temple’s Buddhist monks showed for the welfare of these endangered animals seems to have stemmed from the profits the temple was able to bring in from donations made by tourists who wanted the thrill of walking among the large predators.

While the nation fusses and frets about the moral appropriateness of some guy holding a religious ceremony at his church and burning a few books that (let’s face it) won’t feel a thing, news is breaking that: * The CIA operated secret “black site” detention

The Irregular Times BlogIt is a time of fear in the face of freedom, a time of an emptying country and swelling cities, a time for the widening of previous roads and the opening of new paths, yet a time when these paths are mined by knowing algorithms of the all-seeing eye. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection. These are the times when maps fade, old landmarks crumble and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times.